Antonio Pappano
Turandot – Royal Opera House
In spite of the date, it was sadly no joke that due to technical issues with the transmission, we lost…
Andréa Chenier – Royal Opera House
David McVicar’s spectacular staging of Umberto Giordano’s epic verismo opera of revolution and forbidden love from 2015 is brought back…
Das Rheingold – Royal Opera House (Live Transmission)
When you put two geniuses together there is no guarantee that what they create will match the expectation; there is…
The Marriage of Figaro – Royal Opera House
Mozart’s classic four-act comic opera, an adaptation with Da Ponte of Beaumarchais’ banned 1778 play about warring masters and servants,…
Madama Butterfly – Royal Opera House
A staple of the operatic repertoire around the world, this was my third Madama Butterfly this year although in contrast…
Beethoven’s Fidelio – Royal Opera House
Recorded just prior to lockdown and largely unedited, conductor Antonio Pappano introduces a new production of Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio,…
La Bohème – Royal Opera House
By the time it was retired in 2015, the Royal Opera’s previous production of La Bohème, directed by John Copley,…